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If SHTF today

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  • Ditch-RunnerDitch-Runner Member Posts: 25,226 ✭✭✭✭

    Many years ago I worked construction in and around Dayton Ohio

    We would talk about if the big one came being close to Wright Patterson AFB and we live almost in between the base

    And The lima tank plant and refinerys Noth of us .a sure target area

    I remember several fellows saying if they get a heads up they would go out to the back yard or patio open up a beer and watch forthe incoming

    They said going out 1st would be a blessing

    I agree to a point in that case we would be in the fiirst coupe strickes

    if taken out then No fall out sickness no mobs and peope fighting and killing for a scrap of food and maybe lingering on for weeks or months sick and in pain

    Just too many possibilities we just have to hope for the best

  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2023

    I recently watched the movie "On the Beach." A grim portrayal of life after the nuclear war. Gregory Peck was Captain of an American submarine, he was in port in Australia when WW3 broke out. Australia was unscathed, but the entire northern Hemisphere was destroyed. America, Russia, all gone. And the atomic winds were headed south. Everybody knew that Australia had about 5 weeks. The Australian people were being given suicide pills by the government.

    Grim.

  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,616 ✭✭✭✭

    That hand pump that neoblackdog displayed is the cat's meow. Much better than hauling a bucket up with a rope.

  • BrookwoodBrookwood Member, Moderator Posts: 13,723 ******

    Good movie @allen griggs . I also have a copy of "The Day After" staring Jason Robards. It shows some very grim consequences after a nuclear war with the Soviets.


    All I can say is I sure hope and pray that these things never come to pass!

  • mohawk600mohawk600 Member Posts: 5,526 ✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2023

    If I had a heads up that a nuke was headed to within say 50 miles of my location..........I would prolly go outside and wait for the flash and the wind. I would shield my eyes with my hand just so I could see the wonder of a real time x ray without a flouroscope. After the flash, and my hand x ray, I would probably just be blown away........lol. I think that would be easier than being buried in rubble...........much father out than that.........I am going to take my preps and head for cover........hoping for the best but expecting a tough slog.

  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,672 ✭✭✭✭

    The traditional pitcher pump is limited to under 32' depending upon atmospheric pressure.

    To get deeper, you need to drop the pump piston below water level.

    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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